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An Easy Death
by Charlaine Harris
Review originally posted at http://smexybooks.com/2018/10/angelas-monday-mornings-4.html
The first book in the newest Charlaine Harris series is an alternate history fantasy set sometime in the early 1900’s. When Franklin Roosevelt was assassinated before being formally sworn in as president a chain reaction started and ultimately the government failed. The Native American tribes reclaimed their land, Canada and Mexico took over parts of the United States and rather than stay in Russia in a hostile environment, Tsar Nicholas moved his family, along with Rasputin and their Grigori mystic protectors, to California where they currently reside and rule.
Lizbeth “Gunnie” Rose is a hired gun and runs with a crew. When her entire crew in killed during a job she must find another way to make a living. Against her better judgement she accepts a job protecting two Russian Grigoris on their way into Mexico searching for someone who Gunnie Rose knows very well. She also knows that they will never find him, because he is already dead.
An Easy Death is an okay start to a new series, but it wasn’t until I was half way in that I started to get into it. While I think Ms. Harris did a good job of introducing the world building and her newest fantasy heroine, the writing is dry and often repetitive. I never really connected to any of the characters so I was never super concerned about their well-being or what would happen next. I like the idea of this world and now that I know what to expect I may pick up the next book in the series. Or I may not, I’m not sure yet.
Final Grade-C-
Since the president died, the world has gone to hell. God help us all.”
The first book in the newest Charlaine Harris series is an alternate history fantasy set sometime in the early 1900’s. When Franklin Roosevelt was assassinated before being formally sworn in as president a chain reaction started and ultimately the government failed. The Native American tribes reclaimed their land, Canada and Mexico took over parts of the United States and rather than stay in Russia in a hostile environment, Tsar Nicholas moved his family, along with Rasputin and their Grigori mystic protectors, to California where they currently reside and rule.
Lizbeth “Gunnie” Rose is a hired gun and runs with a crew. When her entire crew in killed during a job she must find another way to make a living. Against her better judgement she accepts a job protecting two Russian Grigoris on their way into Mexico searching for someone who Gunnie Rose knows very well. She also knows that they will never find him, because he is already dead.
An Easy Death is an okay start to a new series, but it wasn’t until I was half way in that I started to get into it. While I think Ms. Harris did a good job of introducing the world building and her newest fantasy heroine, the writing is dry and often repetitive. I never really connected to any of the characters so I was never super concerned about their well-being or what would happen next. I like the idea of this world and now that I know what to expect I may pick up the next book in the series. Or I may not, I’m not sure yet.
Final Grade-C-